A row of sea anemone are exposed as a wave recedes at low tide. I had trouble figuring out that those interesting round, green things were. (Sid thought they were garlic stuffed olives, his favorite.) They open in the water, and close when the water is gone. Cool, huh?

Really big blow-up of above

These pictures are from Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon. Here's a link for info about Haystack Rock, a protected marine and bird sanctuary. Unless otherwise indicated, these images are from my Nikon D100 camera

All images used the Nikon D100 DSLR; cropped, resized, and lightly tweaked in Photoshop.